NFC South Preview: Falcons and Panthers to Challenge Saints, Buccaneers Still Rebuilding

Can the New Orleans Saints stave off the Atlanta Falcons and the upstart Carolina Panthers in 2012? It certainly appears as if the Saints will be challenged in the NFC South as New Orleans deals with the repercussions of Bounty Gate. As for the Buccaneers, Greg Schiano is instilling a new culture of discipline and accountability. There's new weapons at Josh Freeman's disposal, and if the Bucs can catch a break or two injury wise, they may just be the surprise of the division.

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[ishaggyou]

These guys have any facts to back what there saying up.

[nist3rd]

Denver coming back was about their defense stepping up and shifting momentum. Also not to mention the play calls made on the Falcons side were failed run attempts. If we would have stuck with the pass we could have kept a demanding lead.

[Fatz317]

I do also know that there are other athletes that are good people. Tebow is a winner..I do not think he will do the same in NFL unless he becomes better at QB.

[Fatz317]

Dude it has only been three games...the only game atlanta offense opened up on was KC..if Manning did not throw 3 picks it would have been different story. Denver was coming back. atlanta had short field all night. matter of fact they only had one long drive. Tebow was a different story, He has a big following because he is a different kind of athlete with high morals and very religious so people want their kids to follow his lead. I think he is a good person but should not be a QB in NFL.

[nist3rd]

Only this season has the NFL actually been on Matty the way they are in his rookie years he had a number of good games but barely got a mention. When teams and players are performing then they create a lot of buzz. Remember how stuck on Tebow the League was last season and he didn't even have the stats to warrant that kind of buzz. I know Ryan isn't the next Peyton but you would have to be blind to not see the potential in him to be great. I still say he is top ten 10 in the League unbiasedly.

[Fatz317]

But they are ranked number two by espn right now just because they are 3-0. Lets see how good they are when they get to the meat of their schedule.

[Fatz317]

Look if he wins one playoff game I will give him his due. But just like romo he is a choker and I rank him higher than ryan. now I will say matty melt is a top ten QB in the NFC but not NFL. I will tell you just because he is a falcon is not the reason I have no respect .The NFL tries to shove him down our throat like he is the next Peyton Manning and that is a joke. He throws 5 and 10 yard passes. So anyway we will see when playoffs start. I think the dirty turds are not a bad team .

[nist3rd]

The Saints don't have the play-off record we do because the Saints aren't making the play-offs as much as the Falcons. So how can the Saints fans be so sure that if they had gone as top seed that they wouldn't have have also gone one and done. I'm not dissing the Saints I respect all fellow NFC South teams but the Saints fans have been talking too much trash about the Falcons ever since they earned their 1 and only ring which isn't right because the Falcons have a pretty solid history.